[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 60896]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-22887]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Canadian Standards Association and CSA America, 
Inc.

    Notice is hereby given that, on August 31, 2004, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the Canadian Standards 
Association and CSA America, Inc. (``CSA'') have filed written 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing (1) the name and principal place of 
business of the standards development organization and (2) the nature 
and scope of its standards development activities. The notifications 
were filed for the purpose of invoking the Act's provisions limiting 
the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified 
circumstances.
    Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the names and principal places 
of business of the standards development organizations are: Canadian 
Standards Organization, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA and CSA America, Inc., 
Cleveland, OH. The nature and scope of CSA's standards development 
activities are: The development of voluntary consensus standards using 
procedures that incorporate the attributes of openness, balance of 
interests, due process, an appeals process, and consensus. The scope of 
standards developed by CSA include standards in the following subject 
areas: Basic Engineering, Building Products, Building Systems, 
Concrete, Factory Built Buildings and Mobile Homes, Masonry, Plumbing 
Products and Materials, Structures, Welding and Structural Metals, 
Wood, Electrical Installations, Electrical Consumer and Commercial 
Products, Electrical Industrial Products, Electrical Wiring Products, 
Electricity Distribution and Transmission Systems, Electrical 
Engineering, Electromagnetic Compatibility, Telecommunications, 
Information Technology, Energy Efficiency, Fuel Burning Equipment, Gas 
Equipment, Nuclear Power Plants, Oil and Gas Systems and Materials, 
Offshore Structures, Renewable Energy, Distributed Generation 
Technology, Environmental Management, Environmental Technology, 
Sustainable Forest Management, Community Safety and Well-being, Health 
Care, Occupational Health and Safety, Elevating Devices, Pressure 
Vessels, Transportation, Business Management and Quality Management.
    Additional information concerning CSA's standards development 
activities may be obtained by contacting Mr. RJ Falconi, Vice 
President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, CSA Group, 178 
Rexdale Blvd., Toronto, ON M9W 1R3 Canada, Telephone (416) 747-2722.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 04-22887 Filed 10-12-04; 8:45 am]
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